Elaine Scruggs mayor of Glendale

Glendale, Arizona

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

, Arizona

Arizona

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, relocated from Pasadena

Pasadena, California

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, California

California

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 with her husband Larry in 1971. Scruggs has been serving as mayor of Glendale since 1993.

In 2004 she was elected as chairman of the Maricopa Association of Governments'

Maricopa Association of Governments

The Maricopa Association of Governments is an association of governments that represents the bulk of the metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona. It was formed as a result of the guidelines of the 1973 Federal Transportation Act...

Transportation Policy Committee which guides transportation investments.

Through her efforts, Glendale was named the first Kids at Hope city in the United States of America.